A line of subheading text Save Hazelwood Campaign Dear Friend of Hazelwood (House & Forest) The former Hazelwood Action Group Sligo feels it has achieved its original aims of highlighting the plight of Hazelwood House and Grounds,  having measures taken to protect the House.  The ‘Group’  now feels it is time to the enter the second phase of protecting and securing this important and beautiful part of Sligo for the local community and the entire nation. Therefore the former group feels it appropriate to change its name as it changes its aims and directions and morph into The Hazelwood Heritage Society, in order to continue its endeavours to safeguard this wonderful and historial heiritage gem. Hazelwood Heritage Society Welcome © Paul J Allen 2012 Webmaster This website is dedicated to the protection and care of Hazelwood House and Hazelwood Forest. Hopefully you will enjoy your visit here. Please feel free to browse our webpages. HAZELWOOD Caring Now, Securing for the Future SAVING, PROTECTING and CARING for the PEACE & TRANQUILITY of HAZEL WOOD FOREST SECURING, PROTECTING and CARING the ARCHITECTURE & HISTORICAL HAZELWOOD HOUSE ‘For over four years the Hazelwood Action Group has worked to achieve recognition for Hazelwood House, highlighting the importance of Hazelwood as a part of our built heritage in the North West. The German architect Richard Cassells designed and supervised the building of the great house in 1731, almost 300 years ago. It was to be the first Palladian Villa designed by him to be seen in Ireland. The design of Hazelwood became the prototype for other great houses built to his design here, including Leinster House, Powerscourt House and Bellinter House. Over the past 30 years the condition of the House has been allowed to deteriorate by its various owners, despite being a protected structure. In 2011 repairs were carried out principally to some of the roof areas with the benefit of grants both from the Dept. of the Environment’s Heritage Council  and the Buildings at Risk Fund, as a consequence of close monitoring of the situation by the Action Group and the locally concerned community. The huge amount of interest in the affairs of Hazelwood was evidenced by the large and animated attendance at the presentation during Heritage week, 2011. The Action Group has achieved its initial aims of raising the profile of Hazelwood and having basic repairs done with the help of Sligo County Council, who facilitated the section 53 orders, reminding the owners of their responsibilities to maintain a protected structure. Looking to the future the next phase will focus on the conservation of the house and its environs. To this end the Action Group felt it is appropriate to now be known as the Hazelwood Heritage Society.’ Beatrice MacDonald (Chairperson) January 2012 Public Meeting January 20th, at 8 pm,  Martian Hall Calry Were your  Ancestors associated with the Hazelwood Estate? Then share thier times and lives at the Hazelwood Heitage Society meeting.  Hazelwood Heritage Society Hazelwood Estate The landscape surrounding Hazelwood House, and beside  the River Garravogue and Lough Gill is of outstanding beauty.  It has been under threat from a proposed housing development that would  scar the natural environment forever. Trees would  have been ruthlessly pulled down, with roads, pavements and  houses smothering the fertile land where once wild flowers  grew. The exquiste views along the river's edge would have  been replaced by the sight of bricks and concrete. The woods  much loved and frequented by locals and visitors alike gone  under the bulldozers, never to return. The unspoilt  magnificence of Lough Gill, regarded by many as one of the  most glorious lakes in Ireland, would never have been the  same.  Thankfully, with the committed diligence of the  Hazelwood Heritage Society and many individuals, this  environmental catastrophe did not happen and the beautiful  area of Hazelwood Forest is safe for the present, for residents  and visitors to admire, explore and enjoy. Now, the Hazelwood  Heritage Society, with the first phase of its mandate, opposing the proposed development, must turn its attention to the  future and particularly the future of Hazelwood House. Hazelwood House Unfortunately this beautiful and important Palladian  house now stands empty. The remains of the Saehan plastics  factory covers the site of the original walled garden and the  vista behind the house. Hazelwood House was a great 18th  century estate owned by the Wynne family in Co. Sligo. From  the original 15000 acres only 70 acres still belong to the  House. Hazelwood Action Group Sligo, the local community  action group in conjunction with the Irish Georgian society, the Heritage Council and the Sligo Field Club, and others, are all  working to have the House eventually restored. This website is dedicated to the protection and care of  Hazelwood House and Hazelwood Forest. Hopefully you will  enjoy your visit here. Please feel free to browse our webpages. Hazelwood Wynnes 0877701603